Geeks Of Our Lives, Vol. I
I recently installed a piece of software that came with my digital camera because the manual made it sound like I absolutely needed it in order to download my pictures from my Kodak Easy Share. I didn’t plan on installing it at all, but like I said… the manual really made it sound like I needed it.However, I installed the software and jumped through all the hoops of fire and then found what appeared to be the only way to transfer my pictures from the device. How? By uploading them to the Kodak Gallery which required me to open a free account. This is where bitchy Cynthia says, “I don’t want to open a fucking account and I don’t care if it’s free.” (Or alternatively… “I don’t want to dance in your fascist puppet show!”) Despite having a name with “Easy” in it (the camera, not me), there was no obvious way to transfer the pictures and it was only after digging around I saw where it kept asking for the account name and password (which I had skirted setting up like five times during install), so it could upload to the gallery.
No, no, no, NO! When we bought this camera, we didn’t do it to buy into their crap. All this gallery crap might be okay for some grandma that can barely use email, but it’s totally unacceptable to me. Luckily, Tim has a card reader that he uses with his camera and I love that darned thing, so I went and got it and had my pictures on my hard drive in less than 2 minutes start to finish. And I had 77 pictures on there. Easy Share, my ass. Okay, maybe if you do it their way… but we’ve already established I’m not doing that.
Feeling cranky about the whole software waste of time, I decided to kick my man, Kodak, to the curb. I clicked on start and found him the programs list. I was shocked to discover that there was no uninstall option. Already our relationship is doomed. Undaunted, I went to Add/Remove Programs and told it to remove the waste of time I affectionately know as Kodak. Now here is where I was again surprised and even more annoyed… all it did was open the install wizard and there was still no uninstall choice. Then it threw an error. I’m not just being mean when I say that doesn’t happen to every guy. I can tickle the uninstall out of just about anyone. But not Kodak, apparently. Ppphhhtt!
I opened up my TweakAll and tried to get rid of him from there, but it opened the same install screen as the Add/Remove did. So I went to my C-drive, and navigated to my program files, then to Kodak and hit delete. Heh, it threw an error and said it couldn’t delete because it couldn’t access this one file. Demanding little cuss, this Kodak.
So I went to Start/Run and I typed those relationship killing words… MSCONFIG and pressed enter. :… I love the smell of napalm in the morning! …: Under the STARTUP tab, I removed the checkmark from in front of any item appearing to be even remotely related to Kodak Easy Share (and a couple of other pesky things too). Then I clicked apply and then close that sweet, little lover out. I was tempted by the siren RE-BOOT and allowed myself to surrender to her, aware I’d crossed over to the other side.
While I was smoking my virtual cigarette, I got a little warning that told me some changes were made. Yes, darling, I know. That’s okay. Change can be a girl’s best friend. Don’t show me this warning again, okay? :… patting my computer on the ass …:
Then I went back to Add/Remove to throw all of Kodak’s stuff out onto the lawn and he still wouldn’t go. So I trudged back to C:/Program Files and right clicked on Kodak. With a savoring flourish, I selected Delete. Blink! Gone! Nothing, but a white hole stood where Kodak had been. Damn, I need another virtual cigarette. That was good. I might reinstall so I can do it again.
Very good, indeed. :… exhales …: Sometimes it just feels right to fuck when you’re mad.
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